Building the ground station

The following guide outlines a procedure to build the ground station.

Compiling for the ground station

From the root directory, run the following commands:

mkdir -p build_gs && cd build_gs
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=GS
cmake --build .

Tip: Reducing Build Time

The cmake --build . takes some time to run since it is using a single thread to compile. To speed up the process we can replace it with one of the following commands:

1. make -j 16 (Recommended for most systems)
2. make -j 32 (This is faster but depends on if your system can handle 32 parallel jobs)

Setting up frontend development

To run the frontend, Node.js must be installed. If it isn’t, see Initial setup and follow it to set up the database as well.

Restart your shell or run source ~/.bashrc (only works on Bash).

Running the ARO frontend

While in the root directory, run the following commands to start the ARO frontend:

cd gs/frontend/aro
npm install
npm run dev

If you have Docker installed, you can instead run the following command:

docker compose up aro-frontend

After you install new dependencies, you will need to rebuild the container with docker-compose up --build aro-frontend.

Running the MCC frontend

While in the root directory, run the following commands to start the MCC frontend:

cd gs/frontend/mcc
npm install
npm run dev

If you have Docker installed, you can instead run the following command:

docker compose up mcc-frontend

After you install new dependencies, you will need to rebuild the container with docker-compose up --build mcc-frontend.